(Source: Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 30, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGIO), a leader in the fields of cancer metabolism and rare genetic metabolic disorders, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2, multicenter, international, open-label study, sponsored by Celgene Corporation, of AG-221 or AG-120 in combination with VIDAZA (azacitidine for injection) in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation who are not eligible for intensive chemotherapy. AG-221 and AG-120 are first-in-class, oral, selective, potent inhibitors of mutant IDH2 and IDH1, respectively, and are being...
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